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Well, time to get cracking.

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Sic 'im, boys.

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Impressive swordsmanship. But you're gonna
have to do better than that to beat my inugami.

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There's just no end to them.

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Invisibility.

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Oh! So that's your power?

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Didn'tcha know? Dogs have very keen senses.

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It's too bad that your power turned out to be useless!

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Indeed. Which means it's time for plan B.

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Hm?

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Dart.

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Yeowch, that hurt!

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Say, buddy. Why do you have two pow-?

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Hold your horses!

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Nice try, but you missed. I'm just a mirage.

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Sorry, buddy. But this is the end of the line.

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My inugami are pretty amazing, don'tcha think?

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Oh, shoot. You can't hear me anymore, huh?

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Toodle-oo.

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I'll admit, they were rather formidable.

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How are you not dead?

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I'm honestly impressed.
Your dog spirits are on par with superior demons.

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Attack, inugami!

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You stole them from me?!

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Aw, man! That's not fair!

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Have mercy.

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Why should I?

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Now talk. Let's hear what you have to say.

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You're not gonna kill me?

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I need you to answer some questions.
I won't kill you if you agree to talk.

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And if I refuse?

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Then I'll just have to steal your memories
by consuming you.

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Yikes.

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Alrighty, then. I guess I'll answer your questions.

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Not like I can fight back, anyway.

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Yeah, right. I know you must
still have tricks up your sleeve.

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Look who's talking.
You held back your own powers, didn'tcha?

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I'll happily answer your questions.
But would you get rid of these pups first?

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They're freaking me out.

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You really did it! Has anybody told you
that you're way too gullible?

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You're not lying though, are you?

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Other people do.

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Can you give me just a sec? I've gotta fetch my inugami.

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Oh, but don't worry. I won't try and make a break for it.

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Thanks, boys. I'll be sure to put you to rest later.

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What're those?

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Papier-mache figurines.

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Have you ever heard of "tsukumogami"?
Basically, they're objects infused with emotion.

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And feelings are power.

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Since negative emotions
can become demons with bodies of flesh,

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it's not farfetched for objects to come to life, too, right?

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In other words, you can take the emotions
of objects and turn them into demons?

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Exactly. I can create tsukumogami.

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I'm like one of those spirit mediums who controls
magical familiars, just with tsukumogami instead.

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You called yourself the third generation.
Are you from a family of exorcists?

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No, not really.

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Notable exorcists like Nagumo of the Cursed Sword
and Kukami of the Magatama

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inherit their techniques by blood,
but Akitsu is more of a school.

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Initially, Somegoro Akitsu was just an ordinary craftsman.

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But the thing is, he was too good at it.

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Every object that Somegoro created
ended up with a soul of its own.

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And I don't mean figuratively.

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Things intensified until he conceived
of a technique to turn those objects

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into tsukumogami that could be controlled.

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After Somegoro retired, he passed on everything
to his disciple and I'm the third one to take the mantle.

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But the name "Somegoro Akitsu"
is famous for good craftsmanship, not exorcism.

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Sorry, I got off on a tangent.

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So, buddy...

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It's Jinya.

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Right. So, what did you want to ask me, Jinya-san?

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Yesterday, you sold a kanzashi to a young lady, yes?

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A kanzashi? Yesterday? Let me think...

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Ah! That wasn't really a sale,
but yes, I did give one away.

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Well, the instant she put it on, that young lady
took on a totally different personality.

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What's the deal with that kanzashi?

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I'm not sure what to tell you.
It was just an ordinary hairpin.

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Oh, hey! I've got it!

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I think I can solve your problem with the young lady.

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So how about you just put that sword away, okay?

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Do you really mean that?

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Who knows?

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I might be lying, or I might be telling the truth.

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But in either case, you have no choice
except to believe me, right?

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Natsu.

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Welcome home, dear brother.

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You were waiting for me?

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Yes. Because that's what you asked me to do.

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Sorry. I know I'm late.

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That's okay. I knew that you
would come back to me eventually.

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Let's go out, shall we?

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Sure. I'll gladly go anywhere with you, dear brother.

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These are snow willows.
They bloom flowers in spring that look like snow.

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You're very knowledgeable.

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Dear brother?

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To be perfectly honest,
I don't handle being called "brother" well.

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It makes me feel like my biggest vulnerability
has been exposed and I hate that.

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But, dear brother...

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I wanted to protect it.

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But I wasn't able to.

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Not a single thing.

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The promise I made on that distant rainy night
got broken so easily,

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and I... failed to be her loving brother until the end.

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I'm not Jinta anymore.

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And ultimately, when it comes to you and to Suzune...

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I am no big brother.

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Wrong.

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Why should a bird need any reason
to perch itself by a flower?

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The same is true of siblings, is it not?

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No matter what the circumstances,
their bonds can never be completely broken.

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After living across many moons,
I finally found my way here to be by your side.

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And so, I have no doubt that you can
also find a path that will take you back.

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Take me back...?

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Yes.

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We all live in search of the place where our feelings
call home, which requires a long journey across time.

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I doubt I can find that path...

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You will. After all, that is the purpose of life.

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Natsu...

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No, that's not right.
I'm sorry I don't know what to call you.

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Thanks for listening to my griping.
I owe you a debt of gratitude.

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Here. Let me return your other half.

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You've got something in your breast pocket, don'tcha?

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If my guess is right, then it's probably a comb or a kogai.

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Actually, I'd put my money on a kogai.

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Just give it to that girl and your problem is solved.

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My dear brother...

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After so long, I can reach out and touch you.

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A cuckoo bird?

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Thank you very much.

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Now I have found my place.

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Dear brother...

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...let us go together.

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Congrats.

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Somegoro Akitsu.

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Yeesh, you really gotta use my full name? Well, whatever.

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More importantly, it worked just like I said, right?

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The word "kogai" comes
from the kanji for "hair-scratcher."

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Originally, it was a tool that people used to style hair,

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but also to scratch their itchy heads
without ruining their hairdo,

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or by young ladies to keep up their appearance.

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So, I suppose if they were made by the same craftsman,
you could think of kogai and kanzashi like family.

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Oh, but since kanzashi are for women and kogai
are tools that men keep attached to their swords,

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they're more like older brother and little sister.

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That wisteria kogai
was another Somegoro work, ya know?

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So since you had the sibling piece of that hairpin,
I'm guessing that's why it kept calling you "dear brother."

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That kanzashi contained the lingering emotions
of its long departed owner.

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Frankly, I thought Natsu was searching for this "dear
brother" because she had gotten possessed by those.

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And what? You resemble that brother or something?

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It's like a story straight out of a stage play!

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But really, it seems like those
two pieces were created as a pair.

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"The blooming waves of wisteria come crashing down,
as if to betoken the arrival of the cuckoos call."

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That's a poem from the man'yoshu.

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Somegoro the First was quite the jokester.

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Why should a bird need any reason
to perch itself by a flower?

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So you're telling me that cuckoo hairpin
was searching for wisteria flowers all along, huh?

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Strange things really do happen in life.

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That's weird for a demon to say.

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In any case, the journey that kanzashi took is a mystery,

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since nobody can really know whose hands it passed
between to fill it with such emotion,

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and we don't need to know, anyway.

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The only thing that matters is the cuckoo
found its way back to its brother.

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All's well that ends well.

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Where do you suppose it flew off to?

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Into the yonder, obviously.

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Yonder?

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Yep. Beyond the seas and into the distant skies.

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Far, far away. To where its feelings call home.

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The only way to know exactly where is to ask the cuckoo.

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But at any rate, emotions always return to the place
they desire most in the end. That's what I believe.

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I see.

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I hope that's the case.

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Alrighty, then. I better get going.

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I suppose I should ask. You're letting me go?

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What do you mean?

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I'm a demon disguised as a human.

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Oh, is that all?

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Meh, I'm okay with it.

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Don't be such a stiff! I mean,
you're friends with Ofuu-chan, aren'tcha?

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Too late for me to change course
after I let her off the hook,

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and you don't seem dangerous, anyways.

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But...

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I'm just a craftsman at the end of the day.

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I do slay demons upon request,
and will fight back when threatened,

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but I'm not out to kill demons that mean no harm.

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That said, you'd better not forget.

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Y'all are demons, which means
you're always gonna be on the side that gets hunted.

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No matter how kind Ofuu-chan is, or how many people
you've saved, or how close y'all are with humans like me,

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that fact will never change.

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I'm aware.

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Glad to hear it.

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Well, toodle-oo!

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Whew! It's such a relief that you're back to normal!

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Except...

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Why are so you down in the dumps about it, milady?

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Well, you see, she has clear memories
of everything that happened.

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Oh, dang.

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Like, "dear brother" and all that other sappy talk
she pampered him with?

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That would turn anybody red in the face.

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Zenji! You're just asking for trouble!

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Oh, sorry! I wasn't trying to make fun of you.

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Shucks. Just simmer down, Natsu-chan.

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Go ahead and order whatever you want.
It's on the house.

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Aw, thanks, Mister!

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But I notice that our ronin friend hasn't shown up today.

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Ready to turn into a clam yet?

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You know... I think I'm happy just being a sparrow.

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My, my.

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Aw, jeez! How am I
supposed to look him in the face now?

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Goodness. You've got quite the frown today.

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Harlot. A little early to be prowling for men, isn't it?

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Here I was trying to show a little concern,
and all you can be is rude?

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Well, since you're here, care to chat for a bit?

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The rumor mill has been churning lately.

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I'd love to hear more.

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I take it you're in the mood for some action
to clear your mind, huh?

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Did you hear that?

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Ugh, not again.

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Actually, earlier this morning, I was trying to sleep
when I heard the call of a cuckoo from somewhere.

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It was so noisy that I couldn't sleep,
which is why I'm out and about.

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But even now, I just keep hearing
its cry nearby. It's so strange.

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Hm? What is it?

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Emotions always return to the place they desire most
in the end. That's what I believe.

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There's just no way...

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C'mon, what's the deal?

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Wait. You don't suppose it's a demon, do you?

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No.

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Just a cuckoo that made its way through the night,
and found a flower to perch next to.

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As time stretches on further and further,
neither people nor nature can defy it.

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Nothing is forever.

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However, there is one exception. Human emotions.

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No matter what new shape they may take on...

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<b>HEISEI YEAR 21 (2009)</b>

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That looks great on you, Miyaka-chan!

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Jeez, Mom.

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What?

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It's been bothering me forever,
but why do you insist on making me do this Miko thing?

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Like this outfit... I'd be totally mortified
if a friend of mine showed up right now.

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Good question. I suppose it's because
that's the duty of the women who are born at this shrine.

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I was given two rules: one to add the "night" kanji
to my daughter's name.

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And the other to never let the Miko line die out.

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My grandmother insisted that we keep
those traditions alive no matter what,

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so I have to pass them down to future generations.

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But why?

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Who knows?

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You can't be serious.

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Even if we don't know the reasons,

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these traditions must be incredibly significant
to whoever originally made them.

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So I feel obligated to uphold them.

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Of course, the most important part aren't the
traditions themselves, but the feelings they represent.

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Which is why the ladies of our family
all have "ya" in our names.

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The sentiments from those ages long ago
may have gotten lost in the passage of time,

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but they still have a home to come back to.

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And now, it's your turn to make sure the feelings

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of those people from the past
can endure into the future, Miyaka-chan.

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Okay, I better start fixing dinner now.

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She's so weird...

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Brr, it's cold! I gotta wrap this up quick.

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Pardon me.

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Yes?

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Are you the Miko of this shrine?
I'd like to ask you something.

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Sort of. We're called Itsukihime instead of Miko.

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Itsukihime...?

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I don't know the exact reason why,

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but it's always been a rule here
at the Jinta Shrine to call the Miko by that title.

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I'm sorry. But could you repeat
the name of this shrine for me?

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Sure. It's called Jinta shrine.

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I see...

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Thanks, chieftain... you came through on your promise
to make sure this shrine endured,

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so I had a place to come back to.

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Thank you very much. Now, if you'll excuse me.

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Huh? Didn't you have a question for me?

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You've already answered it.

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You delivered exactly the words
that I was hoping to hear.

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<b>JINTA SHRINE</b>

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<b>ENTRANCE CEREMONY</b>

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<b>CLASS 1-C ROSTER</b>

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<b>JINYA KADONO</b>

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<b>MIYAKA HIMEKAWA</b>

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Yahoo!

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We're in the same class! This is awesome!

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Talk about lucky, Miyaka-chan!

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I'm so happy, Kaoru-chan!

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Same!